Multi-awarded filmmaker Jun Robles Lana, known for his acclaimed works "Bwakaw" and "Barber's Tales," is offering free screenwriting workshop for writers 18 to 40 years old.

2014 has been a banner year for writer-director Jun Robles Lana. In April, his film “Barber’s Tales” won the Crystal Mulberry Audience Award at the Udine Far-East Film Festival in Italy. In July, he was named Best Director for the same film at the Madrid International Film Festival. In August, when “Barber’s Tales” was shown in Manila, it opened to rave reviews from critics and audience alike. And this November, his screenplay for his movie “Bwakaw” won Best Screenplay at the Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea. To cap the year, Lana decided to give back by offering a screenwriting workshop to aspiring writers for FREE.

Open to writers 18-40 years old, interested applicants must email their full resumé along with their photo to jrlworkshops@gmail.com on or before 11:59 PM of December 10, 2014.

Applicants must include information about any work experience related to writing for TV, Film and/or Theater, including past writing workshops attended. There will be a preliminary screening on December 14, 2014. Selected applicants will receive information about the venue and time. Only 20 applicants will be chosen for the workshop.

Jun Robles Lana is known in the entertainment industry as an accomplished writer who has already won 12 Palanca Awards for Literature and was the youngest member inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2006. But Lana is also an educator, having taught screenwriting and film production at the University of Santo Tomas and creative writing at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.